My current character is a gelatinous rat swarm, which naturally became a swarm of gummy bears. They rock a sniper rifle and an Indiana Jones replica whip, with a side quest to find Indiana's fedora.

Their back story is something like this:

Several realities had a Fargo movie theater that was playing Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and several realities enjoyed those squishy, gooey, adorable gummy bears. Over the course of a few weeks, the amount of yummy gummy bears to get stuck to the carpet and seats became enough for a small army. Thanks to the Big Mistake, those sweet little squishies came to life in one massive swarm of deadly cuteness and had a strong admiration for their savior, Indiana Jones.

My favorite origin (if I were a player instead of GM) would be Speedster. I really like the extra movement, and 4 attacks with the Expert power is nice.

My favorite contemplative combinations are:

Speedster Wheeled: Knight Rider

Shapeshifter Wheeled: Transformers

Seismic Yeti: The Thing

Plant Yeti: Swamp Thing

I think it would be neat to make an origin X origin chart with what archetype / representative each combination generates.

Here are the PHB essentia, in my opinion:

Three Basic Rules (p 11)

Power Types and Usage (p 54)

Skills (p178-179)

Feats (p 192)

Rest and Recovery (p 263)

All of Chapter 9 [Combat] (p 264-295)

A player needs to read the sections for building his or her character -- race, class, powers, feats, equipment, etc. But those are PC-specific. The above list is for everyone, regardless of the race or class or build or concept they are playing.

My favorite so far has been doppleganger. It combines very well with most origins, and is very powerful even with house rule limitations/interpretations on gear & power use. (My group basically just says anything that he expends, counts as you expending).

I played a Telekinetic Doppleganger, which was a blast, and the origin itself combines with many of the move speed ones for HUGE increases in effective range, as well as having some great RP opportunities (like standing around a corner and making people think they're seeing ghosts)

It would have to be Doppelganger by far. The greatest fun I've had to date in the new GW is with Clone 57B, my wandering vivisectionist from another planet (a doppelganger empath since alien wasn't an option at the time). He routinely summoned Clone 57C and occasionally Clone 57D; We never speak about Clone 57a as that is is a tragic story that is still untold.

Anyway he kept dropping himself, bone-saw at the ready of course, wherever there seemed to be a medical need, be that assisting an ally with some emergency care or removing unsightly limbs from the enemy (purely for research of course). And one of his traveling companions was a doppelganger felinoid which just made things crazy since between the 2-4 of us a tremendous amount of the battlefield could be potentially disrupted from convenient enemy movement...

Thor? I had not yet thought of Mythic that way. I'd thought of Percy Jackson, Hercules, Perseus, and a score of other god-mortal offspring, but not Thor. Now I have to expand my cache of story ideas!

Here are the PHB essentia, in my opinion:

Three Basic Rules (p 11)

Power Types and Usage (p 54)

Skills (p178-179)

Feats (p 192)

Rest and Recovery (p 263)

All of Chapter 9 [Combat] (p 264-295)

A player needs to read the sections for building his or her character -- race, class, powers, feats, equipment, etc. But those are PC-specific. The above list is for everyone, regardless of the race or class or build or concept they are playing.

Thor? I had not yet thought of Mythic that way. I'd thought of Percy Jackson, Hercules, Perseus, and a score of other god-mortal offspring, but not Thor. Now I have to expand my cache of story ideas!

If memory serves, the flavor text associated with the Mythic Origin mentions something along the lines of a tall blonde godling. Additionally, the expert power deals electric damage so to a Thor fan it just screams THOR!!!.

One player in my group is playing Morgan Freeman as his Mythic character.

If memory serves, the flavor text associated with the Mythic Origin mentions something along the lines of a tall blonde godling. Additionally, the expert power deals electric damage so to a Thor fan it just screams THOR!!!.

It does describe that, but its among other examples. But the reference is VERY obvious.'You might be. . . . a blonde-haired Nordic with a lantern jaw and a big hammer'

Love it! And this will be the BBEG in the next encounter series for my every-other-Tuesday-night game.

Here are the PHB essentia, in my opinion:

Three Basic Rules (p 11)

Power Types and Usage (p 54)

Skills (p178-179)

Feats (p 192)

Rest and Recovery (p 263)

All of Chapter 9 [Combat] (p 264-295)

A player needs to read the sections for building his or her character -- race, class, powers, feats, equipment, etc. But those are PC-specific. The above list is for everyone, regardless of the race or class or build or concept they are playing.